Stray Kenma

part 16

Kenma managed to finish the puzzle with some assistance from Lev, clapping his hands and pointing to it. "Well done kenma." Lev told the boy, ruffling the childs hair. Kenma smiled and chewed on his pacifier, looking down at the puzzle he had completed. Kuroo came out to call them to the table for dinner, smiling at the two bonding. "Dinner" kuroo called out. Kenma shot up and pointed to his puzzle, jumping on the spot. "Oh! Good job kiddo. Did you do it all by yourself?" Kuroo asked, seeing Lev shake his head. Kenma nodded lots, smiling through his pacifier. "Well done kenma, let's put it away and have dinner." He told the boy. Kenma nodded, turning back to Lev and handing him the puzzle to put away. Lev sighed, getting up and taking the puzzle back for kenma. The small boy came up to kuroo, giving him grabby hands. Kuroo chuckled, picking him up and taking him to the kitchen table. Kenma sat down and fidgeted with the pacifier in his mouth, waiting for his food. The boy squealed as chicken nuggets and peas were placed in front of him, clapping and sitting up on his knees to sit taller than the table. Kuroo chuckled, enjoying watching kenma be happy over his dinner. Kenma took out his pacifier, putting it on the table beside him. "Duice!" Kenma shouted, stopping and correcting himself. "Peas.." he whispered after. Kuroo smiled "sure kiddo, some juice." He said, going into the kitchen to get his sippy cup. Lev came to the table and sat down, on their plate was chicken and boiled vegetables. "Thanks kuroo" Lev said, starting to cut up his food. Kenma looked at levs fancy cup and red juice, grabbing his sippy cup and comparing his watered down apple juice. "Wan mommas.." he whispered, pointing to levs wine glass. Lev looked over to kuroo, raising an eyebrow. "Kenma only drinks out his sippy cups and bottles, that's levs drink." He told kenma, not wanting the boy to ask again. There was a pout before a nod of understanding, picking up his sippy cup and drinking it. Kuroo smiled and sat down, beginning to eat his meal. Kenma ate the peas one by one, enjoying them popping in his mouth. After eating most his peas he ate two of his four nuggets, finally leaning back and closing his eyes while drinking his sippy. "Hes tired" Lev whispered, noticing kenmas head nodded off slightly. Kenma sat up, trying to stop himself from falling asleep. "I'll put him down tonight." Lev offered, standing up and scooping kenma up in his arms. Lev grabbed the pacifier, walking off to kenmas room while he suckled his bottle. Kuroo gave a small smile, an earlier bed wouldn't hurt. Kuroo started cleaning up where kenma sat, the boy tended to put the food he didn't want beside his plate instead of just leaving it. As Lev was walking he heard the sippy drop on the carpet, looking down to see kenma was asleep in his arms. He walked into kenmas room, pulling the blanket back and laying the boy down. Lev slipped the pacifier into kenmas mouth, leaving the cat plush beside kenmas head. He pulled the blanket up to kenmas chin, leaving a kiss on his forehead before leaving the room making sure there was light coming into the room. Lev understood kenma would need all the sleep he could get, with his first day of daycare tomorrow. Lev came out to kuroo, putting the sippy in the sink and running it under the water. "Hes out, before I even put him into bed." He said with a small smile. Kuroo nodded and started bringing over the plates from dinner. "I'm a little worried.. I hope he does okay at daycare.. it's different, the food and all the kids and the teachers." Kuroo started ranting. Lev stopped and stood in front of kuroo. "Did you see how good he was today? Sitting and playing and on top of that he told us he wanted to go to the toilet. No tears, no tantrums." He pointed out. Kuroo gave a sigh "Yeah.. but that was only for not even 20 minutes. He might start looking for us and I don't think he'll be as willing to ask to go to the bathroom to bray.." he mentioned. Lev rolled his eyes "spare the boy, he'll do just fine. Bray said they take them every 1 to 2 hours." Lev reminded. Kuroo took a deep breath "Okay.. as long as I can call and check in on him." He told kuroo, receiving a nod back from Lev. "Oh that's right, gotta pack his bag." Kuroo said, walking off and leaving the washing half done. Lev smiled and rolled his eyes, taking over the washing up. Kuroo snuck into kenmas room, grabbing his bag off the door and going over to his clothes cupboard. Kuroo packed three sets of spare clothes and a couple extra pairs of socks for the front pocket of the bag. Next he came out the room and grabbed a sheet set for nap time at daycare. After he came to the kitchen and got a sippy cup out the cupboard and filled it with water. Lev finished washing up and came over to kuroo, bringing to marker's to name all kenmas stuff and pack it back in the bag nicely. "Is that all he needs?" Kuroo asked, looking in the bag. Lev thought about it and nodded "we just don't have a hat for him. I'm sure they'll have a spare or something to give him or we can buy one." Lev suggested, zipping the bag up. Kuroo nodded "I wanna buy him a bucket hat, he's pale and i don't want him getting a sunburn." Kuroo mentioned, taking the bag and putting it near the door ready for the morning. Kuroo knew if this went well he could go back to work soon, considering Lev and him could take turns dropping off and picking up. Lev got up and headed to the lounge room, wanting to sneak in another documentary now that kenma was asleep. Kuroo came into the lounge room, joining Lev to watch the documentary. About halfway through kenma started to stir in his sleep, he felt uncomfortable. The boy sat up and hugged his plush cat, sucking on his pacifier. He gave a groan of discomfort and laid back down, he could feel it was his bladder pestering him. Kenma knew he was safe though as kuroo always put a pull up on him. The boy stopped and felt at the crotch of his pants, remembering kuroo hadn't put another one on him. Kenma sat up and got out of bed, he needed to go now before he had an accident after kuroo had told him he had to be going potty. The boy walked with his hand between his legs, his other hand carrying his cat plush. Kuroo raised an eyebrow as he heard little footsteps down the hall, pausing it and turning his head. Lev sat up to have a look too, hearing kenma must of been awake. Kenma come into the lounge room, standing in front of kuroo with a small whimper. Kuroo kept his eyebrow raised, noticing kenma was holding himself. It finally clicked "oh! Let's go." He said, picking kenma up and quickly taking him to the bathroom. Lev was confused, laying his head against the headrest of the couch as he waited. Kuroo took the tired boy into the bathroom and assisting him, placing him on the toilet. Kenma closed his eyes and hugged his plush cat, sucking on his pacifier still. Kuroo stayed bent down in front of kenma, seeing the boy looked like he was about to fall asleep. Kenma managed to go and gave grabby hands to kuroo once he finished. Kuroo smiled and helped the boy off the toilet and pulling his pants back up. "Well done kenma" kuroo whispered as he picked the boy up to help wash his hands. Kenma yawned and nodded, snuggling back into kuroo. Kuroo took the boy out and back to the lounge room. Lev sat up "is he alright?" Lev asked, worried as kuroo left with him in a hurry. Kuroo had a big smile on his face, swaying the boy gently as he started to fall back asleep. "I hadn't put him in a pull up for bed yet." He told Lev, rubbing a hand up and down kenmas back. Lev understood and sat up "did he come out to tell you??" Lev asked, obviously the boy was dry. "Yeah, he wanted to go to the bathroom. He woke up instead of wetting the bed." Kuroo spoke calmly. Lev smiled, it was really good to see kenma had taken it upon himself to get help to go during the night. "That's really good.. maybe we should put him in a pull up now though. He's done well but let's not ruin his accomplishment." Lev said, knowing kenma would be devastated to wake up in a wet bed after all his effort. Kuroo gave a small nod, he agreed with Levs way of thinking. "Alright." He spoke quietly. Lev stood up and kissed the boys cheek, sitting back down on the couch after. Kuroo smiled and took kenma back to the room, laying the boy on the bed. The child groaned a little as he was put down, curling up on his side. Kuroo went into kenmas cupboard and grabbed out a pull up, turning around to see the boy was curled up trying to fall asleep. Kuroo came over and placed the pull up on the bed beside him. "Kenma buddy, drynite" He explained, picking the boy to stand up. The boy whined and flopped down on the bed, curling up again. Kuroo sighed and laid the child on his back, pulling his boxers and pants off before slipping the pull up on. Kenma didn't react, almost asleep again. Kuroo placed the boxers and pants back over, picking him up to pull all three layers properly. Kenma cuddled into kuroo as he was picked up, only to be laid down on his bed again without a complaint. Kuroo left a kiss on kenmas forehead as he pulled up the blanket, whispering a goodnight and leaving the room. He was still very proud of kenma, it showed progress was possible. Kuroo went out and sat with Lev, finishing the documentary and going to bed. Lev did a quick check, peeking in the room to see kenma was sleeping well. Both going to bed and waking up early the next day. Lev made breakfast as kuroo had made dinner the night before, cooking up waffles and bacon. Kuroo got up with mixed feelings, hoping today ran smoothly for kenma. Kuroo got dressed for the day, slowly coming into kenmas room. The boy hadn't moved one bit in his sleep, seeing he must of been very tired last night. Kuroo came over and gently pulled the blanket back, pulling the  pacifier from kenmas mouth. Kenma suckled the air and rolled over onto his stomach, cuddling his cat plush underneath him. "Time to get up bubby" kuroo spoke softly, rubbing a hand over kenmas back. Kenma groaned at him, shaking his head and curling up more. "We can go get blanky today." Kuroo told kenma. At those words kenma sat up "banky??" He asked, standing with wobbly legs and giving Kuroo grabby hands. Kuroo chuckled, picking kenma up. "Yup, you can get it from daycare today." Kuroo told the boy, carrying him out the room. Kenma cuddled into kuroo, nodding his head. Kuroo patted over kenmas bottom, the pull up felt used but he didn't mention it since he was going to dress the boy after breakfast. Sitting him at the table he placed a watered down sippy in front of kenma along with the waffles and bacon. Kenma didn't say anything, quietly picking up his sippy and drinking. Next he picked at the waffle while swapping between chewing and washing it down with the juice. Kuroo watched, he was a little worried with kenma having juice and then heading off to daycare. Lev sat down and began to eat, smiling at kenma as he watched him eat breakfast. Kuroo grabbed a waffle, eating it plain. Kenma managed most before groaning, pushing away his plate. "Full?" Kuroo asked, finishing his waffle. Kenma huffed a breath and nodded, leaning back in his seat. Lev smiled "go get dressed now?" He asked, grabbing the plates. Kenma shook his head and pointed to kuroo, giving an upset look at Lev. "Nuh! Dada do." He spoke firmly, trying to stomp his foot on the chair. Kuroo had to turn away not to chuckle, it was cute when kenma was trying to be firm. Lev watched, putting his hands up in defence. "Alright Alright, dadas got it." He spoke back, stepping back to show him that he wasnt going to do it. "Dadadada" kenma called out, standing on his chair and giving grabby hands. Kuroo finally let out a chuckle "Okay, let's go bud." He said, helping kenma down and leading him to the bathroom. Kenma froze, shaking his head while trying to stop kuroo from pulling him along. Kuroo looked down "Come on, drynite off" kuroo explained. "Ah dwy!" He shouted, letting himself fall to the floor so kuroo couldn't pull him along anymore. "Kenma, you're not in trouble. You did so good last night.. but let's change you now into your big boy boxers" kuroo spoke softly, bending down in front of kenma. Kenma frowned and laid on his back, touching at his pull up between his legs. "Mh wet.." he finally admitted. Kuroo smiled "thought so" he mumbled, picking kenma up and carrying into the bathroom. Kenma hid his face into kuroos neck and clung onto him tightly, once in the bathroom letting go and standing patiently. Kuroo bent down and helped rip the sides, putting it in the bin. Kenma pulled his boxers and pants up while kuroo did, folding his arms in front of himself. "You don't want to try and go?" Kuroo asked, still a little worried kenma would have trouble at daycare. Kenma shook his head, walking out the bathroom to his room.
Kuroo sighed, he wanted to try again before they left the house. Kenma took himself to his room, ready to get dressed so he could go get blanky. Kuroo followed, going into the room and to kenmas cupboard. "What do you wanna wear today kenma?" Kuroo asked, turning to look at kenma leaning onto his bed. "Twos." He said, pointing to his socked feet. Kuroo smiled "mhm shoes, but what clothes?" He asked, trying to get kenma to come and pick. "Ah dun." He said, shaking his head. Kuroo raised an eyebrow "kenma, you got to wear clothes, I think they wont let you in to daycare if you only wore shoes.." he told the child. Kenma pouted, coming over to the cupboard and looking in. Kenma started to hiss and stomp his feet, pointing down to the pull up packet on the bottom shelf. "No no, no drynite for daycare" He told kenma. Kenma screwed his face up and picked the packet up, throwing it halfway across the room. Kuroo was shocked "Kenma, I said no drynite." He told the boy. The behaviour was what made kuroo worry, concerned kenma would act out at a simple task. Kenma hissed again at the pull up packet, turning back to his cupboard. "Ah big boy go ool." He told kuroo with a firm tone, starting to pull out all his folded clothes. Kuroo quickly bent down and grabbed kenmas hands. "Hey hey, kenma.. look at me." He told the boy. It took a moment but kenma responded, letting kuroo hold his hands. "We don't throw our stuff.. I need you to be good today. Play with hinata." Kuroo told the child, with his very softly spoken words. Kenma pouted and lowered his head, not noticing that maybe his anger was actually worry about going to daycare again. Kenma quickly cuddled into kuroo, closing his eyes and letting out a big breath that he hadn't known he was holding in. Kuroo instantly felt better, hugging kenma and patting his back. "Okay, good. You need to go get the drynite packet now please, bring it over to me." Kuroo told kenma. The child pulled away, biting down on his wrist for a moment and going to do what he was told. Walking over and picking it up "ta?" He asked, holding it up for kuroo to take. Kuroo took the packet and petted kenmas head "good boy kenma" He praised, putting the packet back in the cupboard. Kenma leaned his head against kuroos leg, watching as kuroo started to fold the clothes again. Kuroo decided that maybe picking an outfit for daycare was too much for kenma right now, picking it out for the child instead. Kuroo grabbed out a shirt that had a dinosaur on the front, a dinosaurs spine design on the back of the shirt. Kenma nodded, the dinosaur shirt he liked. Kuroo took a moment searching through the pants, he wanted none with tricky buttons or strings that could get knotted up. Kuroo found some dark blue shorts that had a fake button and a stretchy waistband, easy for kenma to pull down and up without help. Kenma nodded again, they looked comfortable. "Twos?" Kenma asked with a pout, pointing to them on the bottom shelf next to the pull ups. Kuroo nodded, bending down and grabbing a pair of white Velcro shoes. Kenma smiled and went over to stand next to his bed, waiting for kuroo to help dress him. Kuroo took the clothes over, setting them neatly on the bed before starting to undress kenma. Kenma kept looking over at the clothes kuroo picked out, he wanted the dinosaur shirt on right now. Once kuroo undressed the child, kenma tugged the shirt off the bed. Kuroo chuckled as kenma tried to put it over his head, failing multiple times. "Let me help." Kuroo said, opening the shirt up properly and slipping it on. Kenma looked down as the shirt was slipped on, tugging at the bottom so he could have a better look. "Ah Dino." Kenma said, holding up the bottom of his shirt to show kuroo. Kuroo smiled "Yeah, a stegosaurus" kuroo told him. Kenma screwed his face up "nuh. Dino." He said confidently, not sure why kuroo was giving it some silly name. Kuroo decided that was an argument for another time. "Uh yeah Dino." He said, picking up the pants to help kenma step into them. Once dressed kenma picked up his shoes, giving them to kuroo to help him. Kuroo bent down, picking kenma up to sit on the bed. Kuroo put the shoes on, smiling and helping kenma back down. Kenma clapped, he was all dressed now. Kuroo clapped as well, showing he too was proud kenma was dressed. "Just gotta brush your hair." Kuroo said, standing up and grabbing the hairbrush. Kenma squealed and ran away giggling, sometimes kuroo would get knots caught. Kuroo smirked "no you get back here little Dino." Kuroo said, chasing kenma out the room. Kenma giggled loudly and looked back to see if kuroo was following, accidentally bumping into levs long legs and falling to his bottom. Lev looked down at kenma, raising an eyebrow. "Momma!" Kenma called out, standing up and clinging to his leg tightly. Kuroo slowed down as he caught up, panting out a breath. Lev picked kenma up "why are you chasing my child?" He asked, holding kenma close. Kenma let out a giggle. Kuroo felt portrayed "h-he. He's play you. I need to brush his hair." Kuroo said. Lev heard the giggle kenma let out and smirked. "No never, not my child." He told kuroo, turning away with kenma. Kuroos jaw dropped "Your child? Excuse me, I found that thing. Don't fall for his puppy eyes." Kuroo said, smirking as he saw kenma peeking over levs shoulder. Lev closed his eyes and cuddled kenma, embracing the child cuddling in to him. "I know.. he's just so cute. Him and his little Dino shirt." Lev confessed, finally turning back to kuroo. "Come on, let me brush your hair." Kuroo said, holding his arms out. Kenma nodded and reached out for kuroo, falling into his arms and cuddling into him. Kuroo took the child to the lounge room, sitting him in his lap and brushing his hair out until no knots remained. "All done." Kuroo said, putting the brush down. Kenma clapped, giggling when kuroo let him out of him lap. Kuroo grabbed kenmas hands, looking him in the eyes. "You need to go potty before we leave" kuroo spoke firmly but calmly. Kenma pouted but nodded, he could feel he did need to go just a little bit. Kuroo smiled and led kenma to the bathroom. "You need to be going potty today, all by yourself." Kuroo said. Kenma nodded, he felt like he always did that apart from if he was sleepy, needed help with his pants or overalls and well if he didn't make it but then he needed help cleaning up afterwards. Kuroo let kenma go into the bathroom, staying right outside the door. Kenma went in and went to the bathroom by himself flushing the toilet after pulling his pants back up. The child washed his hands as kuroo came in "did you go pee?" Kuroo asked, just making sure. Kenma nodded a let kuroo turn the tap off, he felt a lot better and ready to go get his blanky. Kuroo smiled, he was proud of kenma and his toileting lately. Kuroo followed kemma out the bathroom, going to the door where Lev was waiting. "All ready?" Lev asked, bending down to kenma. The child nodded and smiled back, he was excited to play with hinata even if he had ignored him during the walk through. Kuroo grabbed kenmas bag and headed out to the car, kenma skipping along happily. Kuroo picked him up and buckled him in the back, kissing his cheek once done. Kenma kept his smile, fingerstips sneaking into his mouth. Kuroo closed the door and got in the front to drive, Lev getting in the passenger side. Starting the car it wasn't long until they were off, heading to daycare. "Hey.. how are we doing this? Do we be honest to kenma? Tell him we are leaving? Or are we doing the "I'll be right back?" You think?" Kuroo asked Lev quietly so kenma didn't hear, wanting to be on the same page. Lev thought about it for a moment "it wouldn't hurt to lie.. just for today. Say we will be back soon." Lev suggested. Kuroo nodded, that sounded like a good idea and easy way to avoid a complete meltdown over them leaving. Kenma sat unaware in the back, sucking on his fingertips as dribble escaped his mouth a little. Kuroo parked at the daycare, taking a deep breath and looking back at kenma. The child smiled big "ah bwanky!" He said, pointing to the daycare. "Yep, blanky is inside." Kuroo said, getting out the car. Kenma was very happy, he had missed blanky a lot. Lev got out, grabbing kenmas bag. Kuroo got kenma out, holding his hand firmly so he didn't run out in front of cars trying to park since it was around busy drop off time. They walked in, putting in the pin code they were given the day before. Kenma was a bit confused now, unsure why there was so many adults around in the front area. Lev signed kenma in before they started to walk down to the room, on the way kenma waved to the bathroom door. "What are you waving to bud?" Kuroo asked. Kenma looked back behind them and pointed. "Potty" He told them. Kuroo picked kenma up quickly, going back toward the bathroom. Lev tried not to laugh "kuroo. He was waving to the bathroom, he doesn't need to go. He just went at home." Lev said, trying not to let a smile form on his face. Kenma looked at kuroo with big confused eyes, smiling at kuroo after a moment. Kuroo let out a breath of relief, putting kenma down again and looking around. He was a little embarrassed, seeing a parent smiling right behind him. "Sorry." Kuroo said, moving to the side of the hall so they could get through to their child's room. "Dude you need to calm down, you're more worried than kenma." He pointed out, both looking down to see kenma babbling to himself. Kuroo took another deep breath "I know, you're right sorry." He spoke back, taking kenmas hand and leading him to the senior kindy room. Lev looked into the room through the glass "brays here, looks quiet in the room." Lev told him, looking over to kuroo. Kuroo nodded a little before opening the door and going in with kenma and Lev. Kenma looked around at all the toys and activities out at the moment, lots of things he wanted to try. Bray saw them, getting up from where he sat. "Hey, so glad to see you back." He spoke calmly, slowly bending down in front of kenma. Kuroo nodded, watching close to kenmas interaction with bray. Kenma took a step back away from bray, holding onto kuroos hand tighter. Lev eyed kuroo, he didn't want kenma to freak out if bray said that they were both going to leave. "Bray? A moment please sorry." Lev said, taking over so kuroo didn't stress out. Bray nodded, standing up and moving away. "Hey, what's up? Everything okay?" He asked, unsure what he had done. "Yeah yes, sorry. Just kuroos an emotional wreck, it's kenmas first time away from home and they are both feeling it." Lev explained. Bray nodded "Oh I see." He said, looking over to see kuroo looked more nervous than little kenma. "We haven't told kenma we are leaving.. I know that's probably wrong but if we do he could lose it.." Lev whispered. Bray understood "that's okay, each child is different. If that's going to help him settle, you do what you need to do." He told Lev, looking down as a child tugged his hand wanting his attention. Bray mouthed an excuse me to Lev and let the child leaf him away. Lev went back over to kuroo "hes got it covered." Lev said, seeing how calm and understanding bray was of everything. Kenma looked up at kuroo, tugging his hand. "Bwanky.." he whispered, not seeing it where he had left it on the floor yesterday. Kuroo looked down "right, blanky." He said, leading kenma further into the classroom to talk to bray who was helping a child get down the crayons. "Blanky??" He asked, not noticing the worry in his own voice. Bray stopped what he was going "yes, kenmas blanky. I've got it." He said, handing over the crayons to the child and going into the kitchenette attached to the room. Going through his bag he pulled it out and came back through to the room, bending down in front of kenma and holding it out. Kemmas eyes lit up "ah bwamky!" He said, snatching it off of bray and cuddling it. Bray smiled, watching kenma rub it to his face. Kuroo was a little embarrassed "kenma.. you can't snatch at daycare.. gentle please." He told the boy quietly. Bray kept his smile "Its okay, it's his blanky and he missed it. Sometimes kids snatch and it's okay, he was happy to have it back." He explained, not wanting kuroo To stress over normal behaviour from any child. Kuroo took another deep breath "Okay, sorry.. I just don't want him to be rude or anything..  he's a good kid I promise." He stressed to bray, worried bray wouldn't handle kenma. Bray stopped kuroo, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Its okay, please don't worry. Kenma is fine." Bray spoke calmly. Kuroo frowned and went teary eyed. "Need a moment? I know it's just as hard on the parent as it is the child on first days." Bray explained to kuroo, removing his hand from kuroos shoulder. Brays words meant a lot to kuroo, hearing bray was okay and calm all the time. "No- no I'm good." Kuroo said, quickly wiping his tear before kenma saw. "How about you go play at the table with kenma for a bit?" Bray suggested, winking at Lev. Kuroo nodded "Okay, mhm kenma.. where do you want to play?" Kuroo asked, looking down at kenma. Lev walked off with bray to go put kenmas bag on the hook, getting kenmas sippy cup out and putting it with the other children's water bottles. Bray saw the sippy cup "how old is kenma again?" He asked, just curious. "Hes 4." Lev said turning back to him. "I know he's behind, speech, learning and everything else. We are working on it" Lev admitted. Bray nodded "completely okay, kids grow and learn at different paces. I'll keep it in mind, I want Kenma to do only what he can and no more. We are play based, a child's voice is important and we set our day depending on what the children want to Do. No child is expected to do things like writing or maths, sure we might learn some of things but our goal is to focus on learning through play like counting and colours. That type of stuff, self help skills too like self soothing at rest, dressing themselves and other self help skills" Bray explained so Lev was put at ease too, it was helpful to hear. "Thank you, I feel a lot better about everything." Lev admitted, looking over to the table where kuroo was sitting on a tiny seat next to kenma which was a bit funny. Bray smiled "He will be fine, call if you need an update about kenma or wanna hear what hes done today. We have the daily information sheet set up at the front desk, you can see what kemmas eaten for each meal and how much. It also shows you his sleep time, when he fell asleep and when he woke up. If you need anymore information don't hesitate to ask me or piper." Bray said, watching as kenma played with the puzzle on the table with kuroo. Lev smiled and nodded, turning as he heard the door open. It was a great relief to see hinata with suga. Hinata entered the room, helping suga put his bag on the hook and even putting his water bottle on the table with the others. "Ken!" Hinata called out, running over without a goodbye to suga. Sugawara smiled, coming over to say hi to them.

Authors note!

Hi lovely readers, thank you for your support with my writing. I know I have been absent with some of my stories and posting. I work 5 days a week so finding time can be tricky. I am not on any sort of posting schedule. I love the feedback and really enjoy my writing time.

On another note, as I've been writing this story I have been doing some slight drafting for the future, a small time skip where kenma would be around 11. I wanted to expand on his growth and other struggles that come with school and slowly becoming a teenager. Let me know what you think?

Thank you 💕